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Cycles EP

by ELMS

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1.
along the tightening spiral a centre that will not hold a life led towards no end coming to an end you are the wood beneath the storm every bough bent north I am the lightning rod my calm is the deadly calm and I was cast for this your hand within my hand my debt will be your debt your end will be my end and who'd be held to words for wanting more than this your hope will be my home this heart will be the first this is a relic under glass a splinter from the cross a love like a hairpin turn always preying on the lost you are the fletching on the shaft a spark upon the wind a keening wire wound towards its will reaching out to be done in and I was cast for this your hand within my hand my debt will be your debt your end will be my end and who'd be held to words for wanting more than this your hope will be my home this heart will be the first
2.
like a child's camera scratched lens, dented corners every image a new delight in an old light the wildness of youth amidst frozen moments but somehow you forgot that life's just day to day one foot placed after another foot one grain placed next to another grain and you got tired of giving your life to it just to become a shadow of a thing clenched fists, walked right through them but they still stopped you leather jacket, new tattoo of marilyn without makeup oh action, distraction the vacant call of 'I made this happen' proud in that moment of the flame but slow for cover and quick to blame but soon you will remember that this life's just day to day one foot placed after another foot one grain placed next to another grain one path walked after another's path one pain after every other pain you are a present made to be given and they will take and take and take keep your eyes down, walk fast but they still stop you leather jacket, new tattoo of marilyn without makeup clenched fists, walk right through them a golden wake of misery black eyeliner, bloodied lips, you're still marilyn without makeup
3.
No Occult 03:33
showed you a secret now everybody knows showed you a kindness reserved for the kindest showed you inclusion, and a secret, obscured by the image of a secret now everybody knows looked towards a secret and the secret looked back into your secrets tempted with a taste of its black drift looked for a meaning some illusion for your amusement found only your life behind its mists no occult no self no secrets anymore no occult no hate no history nor its writers
4.
Sashay 03:46
the long road runs straight so you can see the horror for miles blood caked in the seams of your hands up to the wrists, a skillful auspice there's hope in this horror a blanket of borders oh, so this is how far you'll go hold your breath till you black out but the body will not die always kept on the short leash pull away, pull away forever drawn down the dirt path the dark heart of every dead-end lane wore your colours to the vernal ball and spun under the lights and you drank till you blacked out but the body would not die there was no joy in your delight no fire in those eyes your sashay held no romance there was no language to the dance
5.
I know you are just like me need to feel that blood between them teeth but did you ever consider the cost of this glamour the hardened splendour of the ardent spender now that I've seen this how could I ever go back this want, black as the center of the crescent moon this heart, a blind hand searching for its own doom I could have tied myself to any stone in this damn room but I've tied myself to you, always you and bridled by brambles shudder and tremble to think of you golden bound but emboldened and now that I've been here how could I ever go home now that I've heard this how could I ever be free this want, black as the center of the crescent moon this heart, a blind hand searching for its own doom I could have tied myself to any stone in this damn room but I've tied myself to you, always you
6.
Violent 03:56
why do I do this? a clear path for these hands that only the violent could understand that moment of quiet amidst a chaotic whirl a sense of order inside an impartial world a spark of control between the mind and the catch a last breath of air between the living and dead oh wind in the rigging, what were you thinking? dashed on the rocks or was it the singing? and regrets you might seem uncertain but there's always the draw of the dark seam in the curtain all the trials of a life lived in poor health to finally discover there's only one way to be rid of yourself a spark of control between the mind and the catch a last breath of air between the living and dead oh wind in the rigging, what was I thinking? will I be dashed on the rocks or is it the singing? how could this ever end?
7.
Mexico 05:14

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All songs written and performed by Alex Unger.

Engineered and mixed by Alex Unger at House of Wands, 2013 - 2014.
Mastering by Andy Pryde, September 2014.

Album artwork taken from "Untitled (Acrylic on Limestone Paper, 2012)" by Rebecca Padgett.

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released December 4, 2014

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The music of Alex Unger, based out of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

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